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US 2003/0156300 A1Published application
System and method for scanning a medium
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorBruce L. Johnson
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Abstract
A system for scanning a medium having an axis includes a housing and an optical imaging head assembly mounted in the housing and having an assembly axis. The assembly axis of the optical imaging head assembly is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the axis of the medium.
Claims32
A system for scanning a medium having an axis, the system comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- an optical imaging head assembly mounted in the housing and having an assembly axis, wherein the assembly axis of the optical imaging head assembly is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the axis of the medium.
A method of scanning a medium, the method comprising:
- scanning the medium along a line oriented at an acute angle with respect to an axis of the medium.
A method of scanning a medium having an axis, the method comprising:
- configuring an optical imaging head assembly to be oriented at an acute angle with respect to the axis of the medium;
- and
- scanning the medium with the optical imaging head assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.